Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die
By: Tom Gallagher
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Fifty years after his death, Portugal's Salazar remains a controversial and enigmatic figure, whose…
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1. Suttree
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.20
Format: 471 pages, Paperback
This compelling novel has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disi… read more
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"Somebody has been fuckin my watermelons."-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse"-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream"-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
"You have no right to represent people this way, he said. A man is all men. You have no right to your wretchednes."-Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
2. The Elementary Particles
By: Michel Houellebecq , Frank Wynne
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–pa… read more
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"He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief."-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
"It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life."-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
"The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human."-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
"J'aurais pu adhérer au Front National, mais à quoi bon manger de la choucroute avec des cons?"-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
3. Jesus Cristo Bebia Cerveja
By: Afonso Cruz
4.02
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
"Parece que a morte vem sempre a tona da agua.", frases como estas marcam o tom do novo e esperado … read more
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- portugal
4. Os Maias
By: Eça de Queirós , Ester de Lemos
3.99
Format: 681 pages, Paperback
Os Maias é uma das obras mais conhecidas do escritor português Eça de Queiroz. O livro foi publicad… read more
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- portugal
"Não vale a pena viver."-Eça de Queirós, Os Maias
"Ainda têm um pedaço de pão e manteiga para lhe barrar por cima"-Eça de Queirós, Os Maias
"Aos políticos: «menos liberalismo e mais carácter»; aos homens de letras: «menos eloquência e mais ideia»; aos cidadãos em geral: «menos progresso e mais moral»."-Eça de Queirós, Os Maias
"Nada desejar e nada recear... Não se abandonar a uma esperança - nem a um desapontamento. Tudo aceitar o que vem e o que foge, com a tranquilidade com que se acolhem as naturais mudanças de dias agre…"-Eça de Queirós, Os Maias
5. A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940
By: William R. Trotter
3.49
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
In 1939, tiny Finland waged war - the kind of war that spawns legends - against the mighty Soviet U… read more
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6. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain
4.19
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
7. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
By: Judith Herrin
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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8. Train Dreams
By: Denis Johnson
3.67
Format: 272 pages,
Denis Johnson's Train Dreamsis an epic in miniature, one of his most evocative and poignant fiction… read more
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9. Soumission
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more
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- politics
"It’s submission,"-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"There is no Israel for me."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"I was about as political as a bath towel."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
10. Equador
By: Miguel Sousa Tavares
3.86
Format: 536 pages, Paperback
It is 1905 and Luis Bernardo Valenca, a thirty-seven-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shippin… read more
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11. Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
By: Roger Crowley
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration i… read more
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12. Amor de Perdição
By: Camilo Castelo Branco
4.29
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Perhaps the height of Portuguese romanticism, Amor de Perdicao is a Portuguese Romeo and Juliet. Si… read more
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13. Anéantir
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.84
Format: 734 pages, Hardcover
Ce roman de Michel Houellebecq nous projette à la fin du second mandat du président à travers un ré… read more
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"La prise de vues donnait une étrange impression de neutralité."-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
"Les chrétiens ont du mal en général, avec l’absurde, ça n’entre pas vraiment dans leurs catégories."-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
"Certains lundis de la toute fin novembre, ou du début de décembre, surtout lorsqu'on est célibataire, on a la sensation d'être dans le couloir de la mort. Les vacances d'été sont depuis longtemps oub…"-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
14. The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
By: Christopher Lasch
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a “bibl… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Since “the society"-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
"We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves."-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
"Imprisoned in his self-awareness modern man longs for the lost innocence of spontaneous feeling."-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
"When the images of power overshadow the reality, those without power find themselves fighting phantoms."-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
15. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
16. The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
By: Saifedean Ammous
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Bitcoin is the newest technology for money—find out how it fits in the future. Bitcoin is the digi… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"According to Cantillon, the beneficiaries from the expansion of the money supply are the first recipients of the new money, who are able to spend it before it has caused prices to rise. Whoever recei…"-Saifedean Ammous, The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
17. Liberalism and Its Discontents
By: Francis Fukuyama
3.93
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling auth… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Нема причин, з яких економічна ефективність має домінувати над усіма іншими соціальними цінностями."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Комуністичні суспільства були схильні цінувати виробництво більше за споживання, що призвело до поганих наслідків: у них були «герої соціалістичної праці», але не було продуктів на полицях магазинів."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Низка людей, які працюють у цій галузі, починаючи з таких постструктуралістів, як Лакан і Дерріда, писали в такий спосіб, який, здавалося, навмисне затуманював їхні думки й захищав від відповідальнос…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"As instituições financeiras comportam-se de modo muito diferente do que as empresas na economia real. Ao contrário de uma companhia de manufatura, um grande banco de investimento é sistemicamente per…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
18. Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
By: Kishore Mahbubani
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century is between China and the US. But is i… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"... any American effort to decouple itself from China could well result in America decoupling itself from the world."-Kishore Mahbubani, Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
"the weaponizing of the US dollar has created a powerful global incentive to create an alternative currency for global trading purposes."-Kishore Mahbubani, Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
"Most Americans are unaware that the average income of the bottom 50 percent of their population has declined over a thirty-year period."-Kishore Mahbubani, Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
"... despite its openness, America has its own sacred cows. One such sacred cow is that America is number one and will be number one forever"-Kishore Mahbubani, Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
19. Subimperial Power: Australia in the International Arena
By: Clinton Fernandes
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
How does Australia operate in the world? And why? In this closely evidenced, original account, form… read more
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- history
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20. Hungary: A Short History
By: Norman Stone
3.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The victors of the First World War created Hungary from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, b… read more
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- nonfiction
- european history
21. Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die
By: Tom Gallagher
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Fifty years after his death, Portugal's Salazar remains a controversial and enigmatic figure, whose… read more
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- portugal
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- european history
